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Mother of Danvers murder suspect speaks out

The mother of 14-year-old Philip Chism, who is charged with killing his math teacher, said her “heart is broken” for the victim’s family.

A woman was shot around 4:40 p.m. Friday, when a vehicle pulled alongside her car in rush hour traffic near the Boston-Dedham line

Two men charged in rush-hour shooting

The suspects allegedly shot a woman in the head as she drove on the VFW Parkway on the Boston-Dedham line, police said.

Legal test of surveillance programs could be ahead

The Justice Department says that it intends to use information gained from a warrantless surveillance program against an accused terrorist.

In this image provided by theOct26thDriving campaign, a Saudi woman sat behind the wheel of a car. She said she drove to the grocery store without being stopped or harassed by police.

Saudi women drive in protest

Saudi activists said more than 60 women claimed to have gotten behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female driving.

Jake Peavy spoke with the media Friday before the Red Sox workout at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

World Series Game 3: Red Sox at Cardinals | 8:07 p.m. (Fox)

Jake Peavy gets his first crack at Fall Classic

This is the kind of game the Sox had in mind when they gave up gifted young shortstop Jose Iglesias in the Peavy trade.

Five of the Cardinals’ 11 championship banners are shown over Busch Stadium.

No place like home for Cardinals

Since the new Busch Stadium opened in 2006, no National League team has won more home games (385) than St. Louis.

A handwritten IOU was found during renovations at XV Beacon.

Exclusive Sunday preview | travel

Why leave for luxury when XV Beacon beckons?

How many Bostonians have actually experienced Boston like a tourist, and stayed in their own city’s idea of luxury?

Exclusive Sunday preview | Travel

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Travel by boat to avoid the busy, traffic-clogged highway linking the Florida Keys and experience dining on the islands in a whole new way.

Opinion

RENÉE LOTH

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Tom Menino has provided steady, effective stewardship with his pragmatic team of “urban mechanics.” Now it is time for some dreamers.

Globe exclusives

President Obama will speak at Faneuil Hall next week.

Obama to speak on health care in Boston
Gail Huff.

Gail Huff opens up about sexual assault
A Cardinals fan took in Game 1 of the Series at Paddy O’s in St. Louis on Wednesday.

In St. Louis, the nice guys finish first

Kids make their pitch for late World Series bedtimes
A rendering of the Dover Demon, a 4-foot-tall creature reported in 1977.

G cover

Monsters of New England
The Boston Ballet’s performance of La Bayadère at the Opera House managed to keep the focus on the feelings.

Dance Review

La Bayadère a show of love, forgiveness
Deb Shields is one of a handful of counselors in rural Washington County charged with finding people who will benefit from the insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act and helping them sign up.

In Maine, slow progress on health insurance
Matt Carpenter, left, and Pete Kozma were congratulated by Carlos Beltran after scoring in the seventh inning.

Gary Washburn

Cardinals’ confidence never wavered

Turning a new page at The Globe
The Boston City Council held a hearing on Wednesday about the contract for the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Beware the mark of the arbitrator

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Sights and sounds at Fenway
The Minuteman Marching Band brought music to the streets of Boston and the State House as part of daylong festivities to honor UMass’ anniversary.

photo gallery

Celebrating UMass’ 150 years

World Series

Clay Buchholz, battling a sore shoulder, threw in the outfield at Busch Stadium on Friday.

Red Sox sticking with Clay Buchholz for Game 4 start

The Red Sox said again that the righthander, who is dealing with a sore right shoulder, will start Sunday’s game.

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PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Danny Amendola is questionable for Sunday.

Patriots list Danny Amendola as questionable

The wide receiver said “I’m ready to go,” but stopped short of saying he’ll be in uniform on Sunday, or if he’s even been medically cleared to play.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral candidate John Connolly.

Connolly turns to donors of losing mayoral candidates

John Connolly’s fund-raising haul in the first weeks of the general election was seen as critical to help compete against opponent Martin Walsh.

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Astrid Osorio (left) and a colleague canvass East Boston on Wednesday to get out the vote for the Nov. 5 referendum.

Many in East Boston can’t vote on casino referendum

Census figures show that as many as 46 percent of the neighborhood’s adults will not cast a ballot on Nov. 5 about the Suffolk Downs plan — or anything else.

Columnists

Derrick Z. Jackson

Understanding the language gap
The Boston City Council held a hearing on Wednesday about the contract for the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Beware the mark of the arbitrator
The video shows Glenn Taylor pushing over an ancient rock formation in Utah.

CARLO ROTELLA

How to topple a reputation with one click
In three starts this postseason, Clay Buchholz is winless with a 5.40 ERA.

Christopher L. Gasper

Buchholz must be willing to pitch hurt

Yvonne Abraham

Dobelle and Regan: Two of a kind
Outfielders Matt Holliday, Jon Jay, and Carlos Beltran celebrated the Cardinals’ 4-2 victory over the Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series.

Christopher L. Gasper

Cardinals show they won’t simply roll over

SCOT LEHIGH

Walsh’s chance to deliver on labor

NICHOLAS BURNS

A balancing act for Iran end game

Adrian Walker

A full deck? Hardly
John Connolly and Martin Walsh appeared in their second debate of the general election.

JOANNA WEISS

Connolly’s night during debate
Lee Harvey Oswald and his Russian wife, Marina, pose on a bridge walk in Minsk during their stay in the Soviet Union.

Alex Beam

Lee Harvey Oswald, reconsidered
After building a Vegas empire, Sheldon Adelson bet big on gambling in Asia, propelling him to number 11 on the Forbes list of the richest Americans.

Shirley Leung

Sheldon, we really need you now

Nation & World

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Repaired health website promised by Nov. 30

The Obama administration said it would fix problems in the federal health insurance marketplace just two weeks before the deadline to sign up for coverage.

Business

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Turning a new page at The Boston Globe

Over its 141-year history, the Globe has had only a handful of owners.

Arts

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Book REview

Elizabeth Lunday’s “The Modern Art Invasion”

‘The Modern Art Invasion’ by Elizabeth Lunday

”The Modern Art Invasion’’ is the story of the vanguard 1913 Armory Show that forever changed American tastes with its stints in New York, Chicago, and Boston.

Lifestyle

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99 Bottles

Dogfish Head’s Palo Santo Marron.

Review of a Dogfish dark

Palo Santo Marron is a brown ale aged in a 10,000-gallon vessel constructed from hard, oily Palo Santo wood from Paraguay.

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From the Archives | photo gallery

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A look at the 1946 and 1967 World Series championships between the Red Sox and the Cardinals, which were both lost by the Sox in seven games.

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Magazine

The cover for the October 20 2013 issue

David Keith hopes we don’t have to use his ideas to reverse global warming
The cover for the October 13 2013 issue

Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
The cover for the October 6 2013 issue

Into the woods
The cover for the September 29 2013 issue

Becoming Bostonian

Ideas

“In a country where heroic leadership has become almost synonymous with ambition, researchers are offering up a surprising truth: The bold, charismatic leaders we idolize may be the last people we really want in charge.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the myth of the heroic leader